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Topic: Dark Phoenix Saga — any pages that still hold up for you? Post ReplyPost New Topic
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Matthew Nelson
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Posted: 27 July 2026 at 11:49pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Hi Mr. Byrne,

First time posting here, longtime enjoyer of your work. My son and I have been building an X-Men collection together for a few years now, centered on the Claremont era, and your run is the backbone of it. We've got most of the Dark Phoenix Saga in the original printings, a few already signed by Mr. Claremont.

A question I've been chewing on and would genuinely like your take on, if you're ever up for it: of everything you drew in that stretch, is there a page or panel you look back on and are still fully happy with, versus stuff you'd redo if you could? Not the famous splash pages people always ask about, just curious what holds up for you personally after all this time.

My son's getting old enough now to really understand what he's holding when he picks up one of these books, and a lot of that is because of the work you did. Hope your recovery is going smoothly.

- Matt
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Posted: 28 July 2026 at 10:57am | IP Logged | 2 post reply

Not much I can say here. I’m not really one for rereading of my own work (not a big fan), and when the work assumes mythic status, like my time on X-MEN in the Seventies, I most often tend to avoid it, as it emphasizes the basic problems I still have with my work.

Not the answer you were looking for, I am sure!

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